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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/18760
Age:
24
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Death:
September 16, 1944
The North Sea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A 13 21
Additional information
Son of Mr. J.W. Long, of Windsor, Ontario.
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Walter Long has been honoured by having Long's Creek named after him. The location of Long's Creek is in Yukon (115F16- 61° 54’ 01”- 140° 13’ 36”)
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Ronald Walter Long
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Photo of Ronald Walter Long
Photo taken of Ronald Long while in training. (Via Henry Pedersen) Used with permission of Sven Flensted www.flensted.eu.com Air War Over Denmark. -
Photo of Ronald Walter Long
Photo of F/L Ronald Long, D.F.C. He was Pilot on Lancaster III PB527 of 405 (RCAF) Sqdn which took off 16 Sept. 1944 at 22.35 from Gransden Lodge on an operation to Kiel, Germany. The aircraft failed to return and is thought to have crashed in the North Sea. (Via Henry Pedersen) Used with permission of Sven Flensted www.flensted.eu.com Air War Over Denmark. -
Cemetery
Photo of Fourfeld Cemetery, Esbjerg. The story is on www.flensted.eu.com Air War Over Denmark. The body of one other crew member was found: F/S (WAG) Alan W. Gowdey, RAF, was buried in Sønderho cemetery on 17 June 1945 after having been buried by the Wehrmacht on the beach near Sønderho in the fall of 1944. It is not known where the body of F/L Long was found. The bodies of Canadian WO2 (AG) John Raike and the RAF crew were not found and their names are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. They are: Sgt (FE) Ronald I. York, F/L (N) Robert Brook DFC, P/O (AB) Gordon J. Edwards DFC, F/S (WO) William D. Leavesley. -
Citation for Distinguished Flying Cross (D F C)
Citation for the D.F.C. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Walter Long is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Walter Long is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Lieutenant Ronald Walter Long
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Walter Long
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Walter Long
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Walter Long
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Walter Long
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Walter Long
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Walter Long
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Walter Long
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Walter Long
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 368 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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